Worldwide Mixed Mineral Auction

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted piece from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Kurt Hefendehl, Ron Romanella, Chet Lemanski, Bill and Anne Cook, Colin Manlove, Brian Kosnar and more!  Look for attractive higher value pieces this week, all starting at $10 reserve bids!

 

Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include:

 

1. Wonderful twinned FERBERITE crystal from the Tasna Mine, Bolivia

2. Attractive, gemmy, multi-color TOURMALINE from Russia

3. Fantastic, historic COLEMANITE specimen from Death Valley, California  - ex Manchester Collection!

4. Beautiful gemmy purple FLUORITE cubes on DOUBLY-TERMINATED QUARTZ from China – ex Brian Kosnar Collection

5. Classic specimen of DIOPTASE from Tsumeb, Namibia – ex Dave Bergman Collection

6. Rare VAUXITE with PARAVAUXITE from the historic Siglo XX Mine, Bolivia

7. A very hard to find RHODONITE from Brazil with RARE GARNET association – ex Ron Romanella Collection

8. Lovely TORBERITE ''rosette" from DR Congo – ex Bill and Anne Cook

9. An aesthetic matrix specimen of ACANTHITE on WIRE SILVER from Morocco – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection

10. Rarities include WHITEITE-(CaFeMg), KUPLETSKITE-(Cs), THOMSENOLITE, PHOSPHOHEDYPHANE and GORMANITE

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Analcime (fine rare locality specimen)
Big Rock Quarry, Granite Mountain Area, Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, USA
Ex. Al Kidwell
10.3 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $271
Quartz var: Chalcedony; var: Agate (rare locality specimen)
Wendelsheim, Wöllstein, Alzey-Worms District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Ex. Chet Lemanski
6.0 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Corundum var: Ruby (classic old-time locality)
Propst Farm, Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA
2.0 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm, 10.7 grams
Winning Bid: $155
Ammolite (Opalescent Placenticeras Fossil)
Korite Ammolite Mine, Bearpaw Formation, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
15.57 mm x 5.35 mm, 2.56 ct
Winning Bid: $70
Natrolite (RARE locality specimen)
Mwajanga, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
3.5 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $177
Ferberite (twin)
Tasna Mine, Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Prov., Potosi, Bolivia
6.3 x 5.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $186
Beryl var: Aquamarine
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.3 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm, 26.9 grams
Winning Bid: $210
Grossular (good sized crystal)
Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
Ex. Ron Romanella
4.6 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $107
Halite with Paratacamite inclusions
Rudna Mine, Polkowice, Gmina Polkowice, Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
5.2 x 4.7 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $399
Fluorite (GEMMY crystals)
Xianghualing Mine, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
10.1 x 5.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $202
Pyrite on Pyrrhotite
Stari Trg Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Mitrovica Dist., Kosovo
6.3 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Quartz var: Amethyst (rare scepter habit for the locality)
Piedra Parada, Tatatila Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico
3.6 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Calcite, Quartz and Pyrite on Calcite
Stari Trg Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Mitrovica Dist., Kosovo
6.7 x 5.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Topaz (GEMMY crystal)
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
2.3 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Baryte
Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalíes Province, Huánuco, Peru
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.4 x 8.2 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $218
Mimetite with Wulfenite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.3 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Wardite (good sized crystal) (RARE locality specimen)
Alto Patrimônio, Pedra Lavrada, Paraíba, Brazil
Ex. Bob Reynolds
6.7 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Calcite
Stari Trg Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Mitrovica Dist., Kosovo
8.2 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Fluorite (crystals and ''casts'') (RARE locality specimen)
Vishnevye Mountains, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
Ex. Chet Lemanski
12.3 x 8.2 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $192
Whiteite-(CaFeMg) with Lazulite
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada
6.2 x 5.1 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $277
Fluorite (richly colored)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock Dist., Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. Dick Hauck
6.2 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $304
Chrysoberyl (twin)
Ambatondrazaka District, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province, Madagascar
1.6 x 1.4 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Paravauxite on Vauxite (very rare)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Prov., Potosi, Bolivia (Type Locality for both species)
8.8 x 6.2 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $171
Scapolite (GEM quality)
Scapolite Locality, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
Ex. Rock Currier
3.2 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm, 4.1 grams
Winning Bid: $65
Dioptase (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dave Bergman
4.0 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Wulfenite (classic material)
Mežica, Slovenia
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
3.6 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Colemanite (excellent historic specimen)
Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining Dist., Inyo Co., California, USA
Ex. James G. Manchester; Florence P. Manchester
10.8 x 7.7 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Austinite (Copper-bearing) (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Al Kidwell
5.5 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $62
Quartz var: Amethyst
Piedra Parada, Tatatila Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico
3.8 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Witherite (fine old classic)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock Dist., Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. Al Kidwell
10.2 x 8.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $270